 | | From Emily Faherty, your About Books & Literature Editor | | | | | | | Before he became a regular on high school reading lists, Ernest Hemingway was an accomplished wartime journalist, bullfighting fan, and one of the most prominent of the group of American expatriate writers in 1920s Paris who came to be known as the "Lost Generation." READ NOW | | | | The Sun Also Rises? A Farewell to Arms? Or maybe you prefer the simple story of Santiago. The Old Man and the Sea was one of Hemingway’s greatest successes and generations later are still picking up this powerful work that’s far more than a story about a man and a fish. READ NOW | | | | Hemingway said he honed his terse writing style while working as a reporter at The Kansas City Star. "Those were the best rules I ever learned for the business of writing,” he said. “I've never forgotten them. No man with any talent, who feels and writes truly about the thing he is trying to say, can fail to write well if he abides with them." Check out these writing rules for yourself. READ NOW | | | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | | | | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics
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